Press
Upfront Magazine, November 2007
Interview by Angie Neatby (.pdf)

KitchArt Magazine, February 2008
By Mike Levin (.pdf)

Biography
I began performing with my mom on axe at about 8, and began seriously playing guitar and bass myself at about 12. As a sign of things to come, my first bass was in pieces within an hour or so of bringing it home. It took a little while to figure out what a ground wire was, but I eventually got it back together.

My formal education in lutherie began in '97 at The Ottawa Folklore Centre under Brian Dubbeldam doing guitar repair work as part of a co-op education program. Shortly afterward I enrolled at The Audio Recording Academy where I studied the fundamentals of sound, acoustics, and recording. I decided to enroll in a class run by acoustic guitar builder Sergei de Jonge in nearby Chelsea, Québec to get my acoustic feet wet and built my first acoustic bass guitar under his, and his family's guidance.

Immediately following my time with Sergei, my brother Matthew and I set up shop in Venosta Quebec, where I began building instruments until its move from the lovely Gatineau hills to central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and my home based workshop.